Notice to Users of libdvdcss!

English Multimedia
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Those who use lidvdcss from the VideoLan repository should update the package via software management.

The correct way to run multi-media in openSUSE will mean you have either removed the VideoLan repository or you have disabled it. Whichever it is, please either add it back in or enable it and proceed to update libdvdcss.

Software Management > Search for libdvdcss
Click to update

or

zypper up libdvdcss

Once you have done that, remove or disable VideoLan again!:wink:

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Whatā€™s the reason for updating?

Paul

3

If you mean videolanā€™s reason:
The change log quote

  • BuildRequire pkg-config
  • Cleaned the spec file with spec-cleaner
  • Require the main-package from the -devel package.
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I canā€™t tell if this was a version change in the underlying tarball, or just an rpm ā€œclean-upā€. I speculate it is just a packaging clean up, with no functionality changes. And hence no updates are necessary if my speculation is correct.

From

rpm -qp libdvdcss-1.2.10-7.1.src.rpm -l

I get:

libdvdcss-**1.2.10**.tar.bz2
libdvdcss.spec

and as far as I can tell 1.2.10 was also the version of libdvdcss before.

For example, from the previous change history (before updating):

  • Sun Aug 31 2008 ā€¦
  • Upgrade to version 1.2.10
    • DVD drive autodetection
    • new dvdcss_is_scrambled() function
    • ship a .pc file
    • accept "X : " as a device name, as well as ā€œX:ā€
    • various failure recovery improvements
    • various bug fixes
  • Sun Dec 03 2006 ā€¦
  • Fixed group memberships for Yast tools
  • First public released package
  • Fri Oct 20 2006 ā€¦
  • Initial release

The updated change history for this new 1.2.10-7.1 version:

  • Tue Apr 27 2010 root@localhost
  • BuildRequire pkg-config
  • Cleaned the spec file with spec-cleaner
  • Require the main-package from the -devel package

and that states nothing about changing the tarball, nor does it make it clear to me that an update is needed due to any dependency changes ā€¦

Hence Iā€™m speculating maybe this is just a ā€œclean upā€ to meet a speculative improved videolan packaging standard ?

5

Thanks for the info, I would have never controlled for an update.

6

Iā€™m inclined to agree.
Nevertheless, Iā€™m just giving the heads up. Take your choice and do as you will folks. It was working fine for me as it was, I updated and it still works.

I added the 11.3 url for Videolan here:
Additional package repositories - openSUSE

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caf4926 wrote:

>
> oldcpu;2170939 Wrote:
<snip>
> Nevertheless, Iā€™m just giving the heads up. Take your choice and
> do as you will folks. It was working fine for me as it was, I
> updated and it still works.
>
> I added the 11.3 url for Videolan here:
> ā€˜Additional package repositories - openSUSEā€™
> (http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories)
</snip>

Just checked with YaST it does not show an update. My last update
was May 13, 2010. Do you know if there is something later?
Referring to 11.2 version.

Thanks for heads up.

ā€“
Russ
| openSUSE 11.2 (2.6.31.12-0.2-desktop) x86_64 | KDE 4.4.3 | Intel
Core 2 Dual E7200 | 4 GB RAM | GeForce 8400 GS | 320GB Disc (2) |

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No, you are up to date